Miss. Code Ann. § 11-25-3

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MS Code › Title 11 › Chapter 25 › Section 25-3

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The purchaser of land at a sale for taxes, or his vendee, after two years from the date of the sale for taxes, and within three years from such date, may bring the action of unlawful detainer, for the recovery of possession of the land; and a judgment in his favor in the action shall be a bar to any action in any court brought after one year from the date of such judgment, to controvert the tax title to the land, saving the rights of infants and persons of unsound mind to redeem the same.

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